A brute busted for a string of anti-Muslim hate crimes 4 years in the past was nabbed once more this week for allegedly focusing on one other Muslim lady on a Queens practice – beating her so badly that she fractured her nostril, cops and prosecutors stated.
Naved Durrni, 34, stormed as much as the 55-year-old hijab-wearing lady on board a Jamaica-bound E practice passing by way of the seventy fifth Avenue station round 4 a.m. Wednesday and snapped, “The place are you from? Are you Muslim?” in line with a prison grievance.
When the sufferer responded that she was actually Muslim, Durrni repeatedly punched and slapped her within the face, head and neck space, and even kicked her within the face, the courtroom papers stated.
The sufferer was handled at a neighborhood hospital for fractures to her nasal and orbital bones, and bruising and swelling, the grievance stated.
In the meantime, the attacker – who wore a black Mets cap, a black du-rag, a black jacket over a pink collared shirt, black pants with a white belt and black Timberland work boots – took off however was arrested a number of blocks away, in line with cops and the courtroom doc.
He was charged with hate crime assault and aggravated harassment, and ordered held with out bail by Decide Michael Katz throughout his Thursday morning arraignment.
Durrni is not any stranger to the prison justice system – he has a complete of six prior arrests, together with a disturbing historical past of randomly attacking Muslim victims in Queens in June and July of 2021, authorities stated.
In a single case, he allegedly focused a pair strolling at Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard – punching a 31-year-old man and tugging on the 24-year-old lady’s hijab, the Queens DA’s workplace stated on the time.
He additionally allegedly snatched a field the lady was carrying, and snarled, “Mohammed was a liar,” prosecutors stated.
Within the second assault, he yelled the identical anti-Mohammed assertion as he approached one other couple on Inwood Road – punching a 56-year-old lady within the face and head, fracturing her nostril, the DA’s workplace stated.
Then he allegedly bumped a 38-year-old lady into the road on Sutphin Boulevard close to 94th Avenue, once more seething “Mohammad was a liar” and “Jesus tells the reality,” prosecutors stated.
When the sufferer tried to name 911 on her mobile phone, Durrni allegedly pulled out a knife and pointed it at her, the DA’s workplace stated.
He was initially ordered held with out bail pending a psychiatric analysis, The Submit reported on the time.
The explanation for his launch following the hate crime spree was not instantly recognized, however prosecutors say that in 2022, he was convicted of second-degree aggravated harassment.
He’ll reappear in courtroom in connection to the brand new case on Monday.
